Jim crow
Jim crow noun - A crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails.
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Racism
Racism noun - Hatred of or discrimination against a person or persons based on their race.
Usage example: the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, was one of the most notorious incidents of racism that occurred during the civil rights movement of the 1960s
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- His father may include one as well, dealing with the racism of Jim Crow, and his own shrew of a mother.
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Through this standard, American courts demolished much of the racism inherent in governance, including segregation, Jim Crow, forced sterilizations, immigration quotas and court enforcement of racially restrictive covenants.
Source: Oppressive States of America - Also, a not-insignificant number of Americans of several ethnicities contributed to the European boom, electing to stay there rather than return (this was particularly common for black troops, who preferred the casual unofficial racism of Europe to the more virulent and structured Jim Crow).
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